Challenge 143: Lucky Charms: Reading RitualsHey guys! For my piece, I’m combining two differen
Challenge 143: Lucky Charms: Reading RitualsHey guys! For my piece, I’m combining two different ideas. I realized I have a number of little “rituals” that I do in life, sometimes specifically to prevent bad luck, sometimes just to… keep things… right? But I’m illustrating two of them here:One is that whenever I’m reading, I always use three bookmarks– when I’m beginning, they’re at the halfway point, the ¼ point, and my actual progress point. As I reach the ¼ point, the middle bookmark goes to the ¾ point, and the ¼ bookmark goes to the middle. And then, as I reach each of these bookmark checkpoints, they each join my “progress bookmark stack.” Sometimes if there’s a significant section in the back for the bibliography or glossary or author’s notes, I’ll have another round of shifting when I reach the halfway, and move the bookmarks to include the actual ending. Anyway, typing all of this out makes it sound absolutely INSANE but I don’t think too hard about it in the process and my reading experience feels wrong without it. I’ve never thought of it in terms of luck exactly, but it’s the same superstitious part of my brain. The second thing I’m representing here is crossed fingers on crossed hands. Whenever I say “good luck” or “I hope…” I will literally do this with my hand and feet every time. Gotta make sure I’m not jinxing anyone, right? We humans are so weird to make this stuff up… but here I am!Caitlin -- source link
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